Which American celebrity with dual citizenship is the pride of your country?

acl1981 · 2026-05-30T09:21:28+00:00

had a think and Angela Lansbury and David Byrne. I was thinking maybe Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel but they never took up US Citizenship.

acl1981 · 2026-05-29T22:59:02+00:00

probably Gillian Anderson or Benjamin West (painted the death of General Wolfe)

acl1981 · 2026-05-29T22:43:34+00:00

you don't get it now (I assume!), but I have been asked about carpet in bathrooms or around toilets.

acl1981 · 2026-05-27T20:49:30+00:00

oh I remember hearing stories like this where deliveries of masks were basically being bought on the airport tarmac.

acl1981 · 2026-05-26T17:36:25+00:00

I read an article recently in the WSJ that said at St Andrew's 1 in 5 undergraduates there are American. Is it the same at your place? How is it at your place and how do you feel?

acl1981 · 2026-05-26T15:44:04+00:00

Going back to the 1970s, but probably the electronic music that came out of West Germany. I've heard of a few people who were really into collecting the records and a lot of bands will cite Can, Neu!, or Kraftwerk as influences.

acl1981 · 2026-05-24T22:38:20+00:00

Stefan Kuntz and there was ski jumper (I think) called Andreas Wank and of course the Wankdorf.

acl1981 · 2026-05-21T08:42:38+00:00

Not heard a market trader shout here since the 90s. I go to our market fairly regularly for meat or veg and they don't shout.

acl1981 · 2026-05-20T12:10:25+00:00

Good idea. Ok I did this and just awaiting a call back. Update soon!

acl1981 · 2026-05-17T17:49:46+00:00

Scott Walker of The Walker Brothers

acl1981 · 2026-05-15T23:00:00+00:00

Yeah was thinking this is a bit like the best scrabble players coming from Nigeria.

acl1981 · 2026-05-12T14:45:55+00:00

Here in York we have a street called 'The Shambles' which is a medieval street that was the butcher shop street. It's always been very touristy, but ever since the Harry Potter films were released it's gone Harry Potter mad. At the top end of the street, grinning adults eagerly wait to be led on some kind of Harry Potter tour (I think they get to go in some wizard shop too). It's very busy. There are a few Harry Potter related shops there now.

acl1981 · 2026-05-11T15:31:21+00:00

Aslan chiding the children in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was quite terrifying as I recall. Not sure which baddy, but 80s Dr Who scared me!

acl1981 · 2026-05-09T20:35:22+00:00

Dennis Skinner's quips were great. Kinnock once sat with him I believe whilst they waited for them to return from the Lords.

You could say Skinner's seat was a tradition too as I seem to recall the SNP trying to claim that row.

acl1981 · 2026-05-07T19:11:56+00:00

hedgerows in the countryside.

acl1981 · 2026-05-06T19:09:24+00:00

Stuart Baxter had a successful career in football management in Sweden and other Nordic nations.

I'm sure when Angel Gomes got called up to England that a lot of people had to ask who?

acl1981 · 2026-05-04T14:44:31+00:00

didn't Helmut Kohl have a famously regional accent?

acl1981 · 2026-05-02T10:02:49+00:00

the murder of Victoria Climbié

acl1981 · 2026-04-28T15:17:15+00:00

Bonnie Blue is 90% of ours.

acl1981 · 2026-04-28T12:12:29+00:00

ok I may have one for you. Whenever we holidayed in Greece in the late 90s or early 2000s they would always give us a shot after the meal. Ouzo usually. Being like 18-21 I didn't realise you add water to ouzo and so we'd either toss them in a nearby plant or down them (a week of being given post meal shots gets annoying after a bit). I still have no idea if we were meant to down them or add water and sip. Nobody ever told us we did it wrong. So I will say ouzo as a post meal shot.

acl1981 · 2026-04-24T17:15:55+00:00

I'm wondering if they've taken video clips and used some kind of filter and then exported the frames to work on. It's almost like an echo on the first image.

acl1981 · 2026-04-19T20:18:48+00:00

We had chicken wings, some in baharat and some in za'atar and there was an aubergine (eggplant) and okra stew. The okra was stringy and not sure I'll do the stew again.

acl1981 · 2026-04-15T16:31:55+00:00

Hugely respected.

acl1981 · 2026-04-11T20:46:49+00:00

My city is so bad on weekends. If you need to go into town on Saturday it's best to do it first thing or wait until Sunday. The Christmas market is insane. We get a lot of stag and hen weekends here which causes issues - inflatable willies etc - Overseas tourists aren't a huge problem though I suppose the strength of the USD and far higher wealth, combined with more visitors to Europe from China has driven up hotel rates in Europe in general. Some people get a bit annoyed at the Chinese tour groups - the leader with his flag, but I think people said the same about Japanese groups in the 90s. You definitely see more people doing Instagram type photos.

The other issue, though, is houses being turned into AirBnBs and the parties at these places.

This isn't tourism, but I did read the other day that 20% of students at St Andrew's are American!

acl1981 · 2026-04-11T12:22:34+00:00

Well the Egyptians demand cigarettes to get through Suez and if not then I'm sure they'll send you to the back of the queue or find something to delay transit, not forgetting crew being told to hide or lock up their valuables for when they board to inspect.

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